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Trump denies rift with Netanyahu, says PM 'fought hard and bravely'
US President Donald Trump denied that he has grown "frustrated" with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, describing the leader who remains 'wanted' by the International Criminal Court (ICC) as someone who has "a tough situation."
Asked during a televised interview with Fox News if he was frustrated by the Israeli premier, Trump said, “No, look, he’s got a tough situation. You have to remember, there was October 7 that everyone forgets. It was one of the most violent days in the history of the world, not the Middle East, the world, when you look at the tapes.”
"Bibi, he’s an angry man, and he should be because of October 7, and he’s been hurt badly by that, but in another way, he’s been sort of helped because I think he’s fought hard and bravely," he added.
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Trump will launch a reality show where migrants will fight for US citizenship
12 illegal immigrants will undergo dangerous challenges like rafting down the Colorado River, with the winner receiving U.S. citizenship, which Trump will grant by executive order.
#USA #Trump #Migrants #FindTruth
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German democracy still alive? Merz speaks out against AfD ban, says it ‘smacks too much of the elimination of political rivals’
In recent months, a ban of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) appeared to be inching closer and closer, but now a key voice has clearly spoken out against such a move.
Chancellor Friedrich Merz has now said that voting on an AfD ban in the Bundestag is not the right path, saying it “smacks too much of the elimination of political rivals.” He said he does not believe the current evidence is sufficient.
He has even gone a step farther, stating that former Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, an SPD politician with far-left sympathies who wrote for Antifa Magazine, was wrong to classify the AfD as “confirmed” right-wing extremist in the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) report.
Speaking to Die Zeit, Merz said; “Working ‘aggressively and militantly’ against the free democratic basic order must be proven. And the burden of proof lies solely with the state. That is a classic task of the executive branch. And I have always internally resisted initiating ban proceedings from within the Bundestag. That smacks too much of political competition elimination to me.”
#Germany #Dictatorship #FindTruth
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China is getting rid of dollar assets at an accelerated pace
▪️ China's holdings of U.S. Treasuries are smaller than Britain's for the first time since the turn of the century. This underscores China's drive to get rid of dollar assets,” states the UK's Financial Times
▪️ The value of Treasury bonds held by Chinese investors fell to $765 billion in March, making Britain the second-largest holder of U.S. assets after Japan.
▪️ “China is selling slowly but surely - it's a warning to the U.S. that has been there for years, it's not sudden - the U.S. should have reacted to it much earlier,” Natixis spokeswoman Alicia Garcia-Herrero said
#China #USA #Economy #FindTruth
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"Black fatigue" goes viral: everyone including blacks is tired of ghetto behavior
The progressive ideal is largely to blame for the monstrous creation that is ghetto culture. The idea that racial narcissism among blacks should not only be tolerated but celebrated has led to a surge in open animosity for societal rules and standards within the US. Far more than any other group, the black community makes up the largest share of physical crime according to their percentage of the population. This includes robbery, aggravated assault, and homicides.
Leftists claim white people should take it because historically they deserve it. Ignore the fact that every culture on Earth had institutional slavery and all the slaves sent to the Americas were purchased from African tribes that enslaved other African tribes.
However, it appears that the black community's precious supply of white guilt has finally run out and people are fed up. The term "Black Fatigue" has gone viral on social media, sparking a much needed conversation among not just whites, but also blacks and other minorities. The catalyst blamed for the trend is the now widely known "Shiloh Hendrix Incident" which has led to public support and an uproar among progressives who demand the woman be prosecuted for dropping an N-bomb.
Perhaps white Americans finally speaking up instead of remaining silent is what was needed all along. The fear has not been so much about black reprisal, but reprisal from the leftist mob, which until recently had weaponized cancel culture to destroy the lives of anyone speaking outside of prescribed leftist opinions.
#USA #Ghetto #FindTruth
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New theory on why Kamala Harris lost: guns & crime made it too scary for liberals to vote
Democrats seem to agree-upon explanation for how or why Kamala Harris lost.
According to a new theory women and gender-nonconforming people were more likely than men to fear violence and harassment while voting in the 2024 election, and those who expressed concerns about safety were more likely not to vote at all, new research shows.
The study was conducted by States United Democracy, in partnership with Pivotal Ventures — an organization funded by Melinda French Gates.
With enough money behind it, even silly issues are taken seriously.
#USA #Harris #Elections #FindTruth
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Europe has a free speech problem, reports The Economist. Questions about Germany, where officials are launching criminal suits against citizens by the hundreds for insulting the government and memes
In Britain, police jail 30 people a day for social media posts. Half of Europe's newspapers live off loans from European governments and state subscriptions. As a result, the migration issue and election irregularities in Romania and France are not covered
#EU #Germany #UK #FindTruth
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Bucharest's liberal mayor Nicusor Dan defeated pro-Trump Simion in Romania's presidential election.
Did he win honestly? 🤔
p.s. Let me remind you that in the first round Simion got 40% - 2 times more than the nearest candidate Nicusor Dan. The math doesn't add up, not by a long shot!
#Romania #Election #FindTruth
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The situation in Greater Manchester UK
The police detained a man who failed to self-actualize in North Africa and came to the UK illegally to become a neurosurgeon or rocket scientist.
And to prevent the indispensable specialist, who was stoned on drugs, from spitting at people, he was carefully put on a special muzzle. These masks have been in official use since 2023.
#UK #Migrants #FindTruth
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Advanced recycling is a fraud—and the big oil plastics industry knows it
This is just a new version of a sad and familiar story: the plastics industry's attempt to use the idea of recycling to protect its license to operate and continue producing ever-greater amounts of plastic.
Facing growing pressure to confront the plastic waste crisis, the plastics industry claims to have found a solution: "advanced recycling." But there is a huge divide between the plastics industry's public claims about the potential of advanced recycling to address the plastic waste crisis and the technical realities of chemical recycling processes.
All available information suggests advanced recycling won’t be able to address plastic pollution at a meaningful scale — and some of the most compelling evidence comes from people within the plastics industry.
#World #Recycling #FindTruth
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How Trump can lower drug prices without price controls
By Connor O’Keeffe
On Monday, President Trump signed an executive order aimed at lowering drug prices. Interestingly, the order did not really contain an enforcement mechanism or means of forcing companies to lower their prices. Instead, the authors of the actual document used it as an opportunity to shame the pharmaceutical industry for charging high prices to Americans while charging much lower prices for the same drugs when sold in other countries.
The Trump administration is trying to frame this as another example of the rest of the world freeloading off the American people who are forced to pay the cost of research, development, and production in order for the rest of the world to enjoy low drug prices. Economically, that is not how prices work. But it’s a believable story because of how absurdly high drug prices are in the US, especially when compared to the rest of the world.
The president’s team then calls on drug companies to lower their prices here to bring about more price equality between developed countries. The executive order gives the companies six months to do so, or the government will take “additional aggressive action.”
Price controls are one of the best-understood economic policies, not only because the theory is straightforward but also because governments have been trying them for thousands of years with universally awful results.
Fortunately, Trump hasn’t gone to those lengths yet. And, hopefully, the absence of language directly referring to price controls suggests that parts of his team understand that they would only worsen the problems with the American drug market.
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#USA #Trump #Health #FindTruth
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The size of each country’s shadow economy
The global shadow economy generates trillions in revenue each year, driven by criminal activity and other unreported transactions. Globally, the shadow economy is estimated to equal 11.8% of GDP.
In low income countries, shadow activity makes up a larger slice of GDP, standing at an estimated 42.4% share.
Sierra Leone ranks first overall, with its shadow economy equaling 64.5% of GDP.
Like many other sub-Saharan African countries, the informal economy employs millions of workers, including subsistence farmers, street vendors, and small business owners. Underscoring this trend are limited opportunities in the formal sector along with bureaucratic red tape.
In particular, the DRC stands out in both the scale of its informal economy and prevalence of organized crime.
Meanwhile, Nepal ranks third overall, with shadow activity accounting for 51% of GDP. Notably, the agriculture sector employs a substantial share of informal workers. In fact, 85% of Nepal’s labor force participates in the informal economy, making it a vital source of livelihood for many.
In contrast, America’s underground economy comprises just 5% of GDP, yet its sheer size—valued at $1.4 trillion—makes it one of the world’s largest.
#World #Economy #GDP #FindTruth
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Denmark comes in from the cold with rethink on 40-year nuclear power ban
The Danish government is to rethink its 40-year ban on nuclear power plants with a detailed review of the risks and potential of nuclear technology for Denmark’s power supply, according to Politiken newspaper.
Lars Aagaard, Denmark’s energy minister from the liberal Moderaterne party, said the study would last roughly a year.
The study could be the first step towards lifting a ban on nuclear power imposed in March 1985, when the Danish parliament narrowly voted to remove nuclear power plants from Denmark’s future energy plans. The ban also prohibited the construction of new nuclear power plants in Denmark. Danish right-wingers have campaigned for an end to the ban for some time.
Denmark currently relies heavily on renewable power sources, with more than 88% of its electricity in 2024 coming from renewables, primarily offshore wind power as well as photovoltaics.
#EU #Denmark #Energy #FindTruth
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Price trends at McDonald's in the U.S. from 2019 to 2024:
"Average portion of fries: 2019 $1.79, vs. 2024 $4.19 or ⤴️134.%
McChicken: 2019 $1.29, vs. 2024 $3.89 or ⤴️201.6%
Big Mac: 2019 $3.99, vs. 2024 $7.49 or ⤴️81.7%
10 McNuggets: 2019 $4.49, vs. 2024 $7.58 or ⤴️68.8%
Cheeseburger: 2019 $1.00, vs. 2024 $3.15 or ⤴️215%
Some of these have gone up over 200% in price. That's not inflation, that's robbery."
#USA #McDonald #Economy #FindTruth
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By 2075, there will be almost no European countries left in the world's top ten largest economies
India, if Pakistan wins, will rise to second place, ahead of the United States. Indonesia, Pakistan and Egypt will also be on the list of leaders.
#World #Economy #FindTruth
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This week, the Trump administration cheered the decline in U.S. inflation in April to 2.3%, down from the 2.4% projected
Core inflation was 2.8% and food prices fell by 0.4%, which Trump used as an argument to cut the Fed's interest rate. However, experts warn that inflation could start to rise again despite the agreement to cut duties with China.
Walmart's chief financial officer, John David Rainey, said the retailer could start raising prices as early as this month due to pressure from duties on imports from various countries such as China and Mexico. Currently, retailers are not yet passing on the costs of the duties to consumers, but that could change in the near future
#USA #Trump #Economy #FindTruth
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The end of “Pfizergate”–now what about Ursula and BioNTech?
“Pfizergate” has ended with something of a whimper.
The European General Court reprimanded Ursula von der Leyen for failing to disclose her text messages with Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla, ones the European Commission claimed never existed in the first place.
But the problem with “Pfizergate” from the start was how the controversy, far from promoting transparency, actually created more obscurity by hiding the role of the other beneficiary of the €35 billion Covid-19 vaccine contracts.
That was Pfizer’s German partner BioNTech, which, maybe unsurprisingly, has far closer ties to the European Commission’s German president than the American company.
Not only are BioNTech and Pfizer jointly contractors under the November 2020 Advanced Purchase Agreement (APA) with the Commission, but BioNTech – not Pfizer – is in fact the product’s legal manufacturer, as well as its marketing authorisation holder in the European Union, as in virtually all other markets.
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#COVID #Pfizer #BioNTech #FindTruth
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French President Macron knows a thing or two about paper napkins 😁
#France #Macron #FindTruth
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Dem mayor’s bodyguard suspended after Trump Tower drinking session
It was revealed Monday that a Chicago police officer on Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson’s security detail was suspended for allegedly showing up to work drunk on Jan. 20 after celebrating Donald Trump’s inauguration at the city’s Trump Tower. The Chicago Tribune obtained records that showed Josue Najera had been with his family at Chicago’s Trump International Hotel and Tower that evening before a scheduled 9 p.m.-6 a.m. shift on the mayor’s detail. He was confronted about his condition upon his arrival on the mayor’s block.
“PO Najera was agitated, speaking loudly and avoiding eye contact while explaining the event,” a sergeant overseeing the mayor’s detail wrote, according to Chicago Police Department internal affairs records. “His behavior was very uncharacteristic and erratic from the normal behavior (the sergeant) knows PO Najera to display.”
A department supervisor soon confiscated Najera’s gun. At the station a few hours later, Najera blew a .134 BAC, and was then stripped of his police powers. He was suspended 25 days—time which he hasn’t yet served, the Tribune says. A CPD spokesperson said Najera, who had had a clean disciplinary record prior to January’s incident, is currently working in the department’s Alternate Response Section.
#USA #Trump #CPD #FindTruth
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Olympic gold medalist arrested in prostitution sting
Kyle Snyder, a freestyle wrestler and Olympic Gold Medalist, has been arrested in a prostitution sting in Columbus, Ohio. According to police, Snyder responded to an online ad for escort services and was arrested Friday after meeting an undercover officer posing as an escort and offering her cash to perform oral sex.
He was released shortly afterward with a summons to appear in court next week. Fifteen other men were also arrested as part of the sting. Before his arrest, Snyder was known as the youngest wrestler to win a world championship, NCAA championship, and Olympic Gold Medal in the same year when he competed in the 2016 Rio Olympics while a student at Ohio State University. Snyder represented Team USA a second time at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, taking home a silver medal. More recently, he signed with Real American Freestyle, Hulk Hogan’s new freestyle wrestling league, which Hogan has promised will be “bigger” than WWE or UFC.
#USA #NCAA #Olympic #FindTruth
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Yesterday, a rally organized by the “Reform Party” took place in the city demanding that the authorities start mass deportations of illegal immigrants.
The demonstrators were confronted by antifa militants, who consider the former to be racists. Antifa believes that the flow of migrants to the island should be maximized.
The police used gas and dogs to disperse the supporters of migration.
The photo shows a characteristic fighter for illegal migration to the UK.
#UK #Migrants #FindTruth
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Democrats can't seem to give up the transgender madness
You may have heard by now that Loudoun County, Virginia, school officials are at it again.
In May 2021, they covered up a girl’s rape in a high school restroom by a boy wearing a skirt and sent him to another high school, where he assaulted another girl.
Loudoun school officials also suspended an elementary school teacher in May 2021 for refusing to use misleading pronouns.
However, Loudoun officials once again have indulged their inner fascist.
The school system launched a Title IX probe of three boys who had merely asked what a female was doing in their high school locker room. The girl recorded the incident on her phone and reported it, triggering the investigation — not of her but of the boys.
The parents naturally are outraged and worried that even if their boys are exonerated, they will have a disciplinary record for no good reason and that it could follow them.
#USA #Transgender #FindTruth
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Pope's MAGA brother shares a video with Nancy Pelosi
It was revealed that Lou Prevost, the straight-shooting Floridian brother of the newly elected American Pope Leo XIV, isn't just Catholic — he's unapologetically MAGA.
Lou Prevost shared a video of a liberal support group for those suffering from "Trump Derangement Syndrome" with the caption: "For my upset, crying, and left-leaning friends and others suffering from TDS, this service seems right for you."
But it gets better. Or worse — if you're Nancy Pelosi. On April 4, Prevost reposted a video of a younger Pelosi arguing for tariffs on China, exposing the radical 180-degree flip-flop that Pelosi have pulled to appease the globalist agenda.
The original post didn't hold back, "These fing liberals crying about tariffs is just unreal. Do they not know that there is a thing called video? Just listen to what this drunk c has to say in the mid 90s long before her husband had Grindr dates."
#Pope #Pelosi #MAGA #FindTruth
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Mass extinction of bees across the US is being attributed to toxic pesticides
The lady - who has a degree in beekeeping from Cornell University's biology department - says the US is witnessing a catastrophic loss of “domestic” bees - 60% to 80% of colonies will be gone by the end of 2025.
Numbers of wild bee species, including honeybees, have already declined by 96%. She believes the cause is the widespread use of neonicotinoid pesticides in the U.S., not just in monoculture crops.
These chemicals take years to accumulate in plant tissue, poisoning nectar and killing bees. The substances are even found in lawn spray sprays, and they get into groundwater, further into flowers, and affect even butterflies.
She urges Americans to stop using neonicotinoids such as imidacloprid, thiamethoxam and clothianidin, which are found in many “safe” garden products.
#USA #Health #FindTruth
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Saudi Arabia doesn't have $1 trillion for Trump
His plans to attract that investment over four years clash with Prince Mohammed bin Salman's ambitious reform program. Bloomberg estimates that transforming the kingdom's economy will require about $2 trillion, including megaprojects like the city of Neom (up to $1.5 trillion), as well as preparations for Expo 2030, the 2034 World Cup and other events.
Due to high spending and relatively low oil prices ($63 per barrel), the kingdom is already running a current account deficit. It needs $96 per barrel to balance the budget, and $113 per barrel when domestic investment is included.
Even if large sums are announced, real investment in the US may be limited and stretched over decades.
#USA #SaudiArabia #Economy #FindTruth
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U.S. nuclear weapons will cost nearly $1 trillion over next decade
According to newly released projections by the Congressional Budget Office, the U.S. nuclear weapons arsenal will cost nearly $1 trillion over next decade. In fact, the projections show that the operation and modernization of America’s nuclear weapons will add up to a cost of $946 billion between 2025 and 2034.
The new figure represents an increase of 25% over the 2023 projection for the 2023-2032 period, which amounted to $756 billion. This is due, the budget office says, to changing estimations as well as increases in the amount budgeted for nuclear forces.
Their report says that, as budgeted, current plans would need $817 billion of expenditure. However, as the office only includes budgets for individual programs as they are listed in budget requests, it has added an additional $129 billion on top of this figure for its estimate. This is predicted to account for the expected growth in costs in different programs due to cost overruns, changing requirements, and other factors.
#USA #Military #FindTruth
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“Jesus is a Muslim” tents have sprung up on Springfield road in London, UK, where campaigners are telling the Truth about Christ to the citizens of the UK.
#UK #Migrants #FindTruth
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Generac rethinking supply chain amid tariffs, slash reliance on China
Aaron Jagdfeld, chief executive of Generac Holdings, appeared on Bloomberg Television Tuesday evening to discuss how the company is responding to President Trump's trade war and the recently announced 90-day de-escalation period in U.S.-China trade tensions.
Jagdfeld, who leads one of America's largest generator manufacturers, highlighted the company's long-term strategy to reduce reliance on Chinese supply chains. He outlined that Generac has been reducing supply chain exposure to China since President Trump's first term and will reduce 10% exposure to 5% in 18 months.
"So today, less than 10% of our supply chain comes from China, but that'll be less than 5% in 18 months based on plans we've already had in motion." Jagdfeld said.
Earlier this week, the U.S. and China announced a breakthrough trade agreement that temporarily lowered tariffs on each other's products for 90 days. The U.S. dropped its 145% on Chinese goods to 30%, while China lowered levies from 125% to 10%.
#USA #China #Economy #FindTruth
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American authorities may approve the country's first major bill aimed at protecting children from harm on the Internet, TechCrunch writes. The law is called the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA)
In 2024, the bill received majority approval in the United States Senate, but was rejected in the House of Representatives. The updated version presented this week has already gained the support of 62 senators from different parties, as well as major IT companies Apple, Microsoft, Snap and X, which significantly increases the likelihood of its adoption in 2025.
If the document is approved by US authorities, digital platforms will be required to implement mandatory measures to protect minors from harmful content distributed by algorithms, as well as from manipulation and digital addiction.Saudi Arabia doesn't have $1 trillion for Trump. His plans to attract that investment over four years clash with Prince Mohammed bin Salman's ambitious reform program. Bloomberg estimates that transforming the kingdom's economy will require about $2 trillion, including megaprojects like the city of Neom (up to $1.5 trillion), as well as preparations for Expo 2030, the 2034 World Cup and other events.
Due to high spending and relatively low oil prices ($63 per barrel), the kingdom is already running a current account deficit. It needs $96 per barrel to balance the budget, and $113 per barrel when domestic investment is included.
Even if large sums are announced, actual investment in the U.S. could be limited and stretched out over decades.
#USA #KOSA #IT #FindTruth
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How do US universities make their money?
The cost of funding American universities is huge - covering everything from faculty salaries and special departments to laboratories.
Government funding for public institutions has fallen substantially over the past 50 years, making universities rely more heavily on tuition and other sources of revenue. The Trump administration’s freezing of billions in grants and contracts is adding further strain to elite academic institutions.
State government funding, typically in the form of research grants, contracts, and appropriations, makes up the largest share at 28%. Overall, New Hampshire ranks last in spending on higher public education spending per student, followed by Vermont.
Meanwhile, tuition and fees generated 21% of revenues totaling $80.8 billion. Despite tuition costs more than tripling since 1990, it has struggled to make up the funding losses from state cutbacks. At the same time, university spending has swelled for administrators, construction, and faculty salaries as demand for higher education has increased.
Looking at private sources of revenue, these brought in $51.2 billion, or 13% of the total. Private sources include endowment additions, investment income, and private grants. While universities have massive endowment funds, funding is often tied to specific purposes. For instance, certain donors will designate funds to scholarships or a specific research center over a series of years.
#USA #Education #FindTruth
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